赤口

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (赤口)		赤	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: chr̀-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhkoou
    • Palladius: чикоу (čikou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ hau²
    • Yale: chek háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

赤口

1. the third day of the first month in the Chinese calendar

Synonyms

• 年初三

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	口
しゃく > しゃっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

赤(しゃっ)口(こう) • (shakkō) 

1. Sixth day of Rokuyō calendar cycle. Auspicious between 11am and 1pm, otherwise unlucky

   Hypernym: 六曜

   Coordinate terms: 先勝, 友引, 先負, 仏滅, 大安, 赤口